Only a select few people have seen Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola’s impossibly audacious sci-fi epic, but already it’s the most polarizing movie of the year. Early test screenings built buzz over the film’s “baffling” tone and unique inaccessibility, while reviews out of its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival are firmly split 50/50 with some calling it an audacious cinematic achievement and others calling it hot garbage. (As one of the lucky few to see it at Cannes this year, I can confidently say that it’s both.)
